Shoe support



Aug., L, M336 J, F. sTANDls-e SHOE SUPPORT Filed March 27, 1931 Patented Aug. 1, 1933 l Y y l 1,920,281

1,920,281 snort SUPPORT .lohn F. Standish, '/Vinthrcp, Mass., assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. .15., a Corporation of New Jersey` Applicationareh 27, 1931. Serial No. 525,821

1s claims. (o1. 1-32.)

UNrrssrk This invention` relates to shoeesuppo'rts and Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my improvedlastmore particularly to the jacks of heel-attaching bed-plate, its Amounting and the more directly machines.` cofoperating elements of a heel-attaching Vma- It is important, in nailing Vthe heels of shoes, chine; v

5 that the bed-plate situated at the extremity of Fig. 2, a side elevation with parts broken away s the jack-post, and which is engaged by the ends and in section; and of the Icones of lasts within the shoes being oper- Figs. 3 and 4, sections upon the lines III-III ated upon,'shall bev not less in area than said coneand IV-V, respectively, of Fig. 2. ends and shall register with or afford full contact At appears ka portion of the frame of a heel- 10 for them. This is to prevent the cones from being attaching machine, such as that of Letters Pat- 65 broken at projecting edges by the forcing of the ent-of the United StatesNo. 1,157,688, Glidden, bed-plate into them under the clamping pressure October 26, 1915, in which is mounted a dieappliedto the work in preparation for the inser` block 12 and upon which is shown asmovablela tion of the nails. Whilea bedplate or a suitable holder 14 for the heels Hto be attached. A shoe size for the work in hand may be attached to thev S to beheeled is supported upon a jack-post 16 70 usual jaclvpost, when shoesare small, as those pivoted upon the frame, as illustrated in Athe for children, and havea high leg-portion or top Vpatent just mentioned. The jacked shoe is furnished by the quarters, it is difficult to apply located in the correct Vnailing position above the the work to the jack, because oi interference belheel-holder and die-block by engagement with tween this leg-portion and the jackmelements ada band-clamp 17, a'small portion only of which 75 jacent to the bed-plate. Reduction of the transappears in the drawing. To bring the heelseat verse dimensions of the jacl to avoidthis inter- Yoi the jacked slioe to the proper inclination lonierence is prevented by the presence of adjusting gtudlnally of said shoe with respect tothe upper means which provide for the proper positioning of surface of `a heel carried by the Aholder 14, the

Y 25 the shoe and which are disturbed-by such changes. end of the post is divided at 18,L there being so An object' of the, present invention is to furnishY adjustably mounted therein a block 20 movable a support for shoes of the character just menn about and clamped by a transverse screw 22 and tioned, in which, with the proper contact-receivvlocked by intermeshing corrugations at 24. This ing area upon the jack for the last-cones, the jack-post-end is as disclosed in Patent No.

Y 30 workmay easily be applied, such support also in- 1,133,533, Buckminster, March 30, 1915. Ex- 85 cluding all desirable adjustments unaiected by tending laterally of the lower extremity of the the presence oi the work. To this end, I combine post are dovetailed ways 26 receiving a complein anovel manner with a Vjactpost, a last-bedmentally inclined projection 28 from a slide k30. plate and a mounting member for the bed-plate The projection, instead of having extended 'enextending therefrom through a shoe supported gagement with the ways, is curved at its'periph- 90 upon the post'. The mounting member is preferery "at 32, preierably about arcs of aV circley havablysmaller in' its transverse dimensions longi- Ving its center midway of the projection. This tudinally of the jacked shoe that is the contactpermits the slide to turn about an axis extending v area between the last-cone and bed-plate, y There longitudinally of the post, as well as to shift lat- 40 is thus furnished about the mounting member a erally. The element 30 is separably retained 95 space into which the top of the shoe may project against accidental displacement from the block without being strained or offering resistance to 20 by'a spring-actuated latch 34 movable in said its jacking bythe operator. The extension ofthe block and entering a slot 35 in the slide. At mounting member through the shoe-top allows the under side of the slide 30 is shown a guide' Y the various adjusting means, which would be inprojection 33 extending from iront to rear of 100 terered with were they close to the bed-plate, the post, this projection tting within ways 40 to be successfully located entirely clear of the is an elongatedV mounting member 42. A screw 44 work. Certain of these adjustments involving the threaded vertically through the slide has a cylinmounting member or members and the bed-plate drical end-portion 46y lyingwithin a slot 48 in the V:50 itself furnish features .of the invention, regardless mounting member and limiting the extent of 105 of the specic character of the bed-platenmount movement of the member upon the slide. The 'Y ing with which they are associated. mountingmember 42 is not only tapered lateral- One of the several forms which my invention ly in a downward direction, but is also reduced ymay assume is illustrated in the accompanying transversely from front to rear, having an inY f drawing, in which l Y wardly and downwardly inclined vwall' 50 `at its 110 1 into the holder, with its head countersunk at the front. This tiltable mounting, it will be observed,

, tion with the bed-plate-surface 70.

forward side and being inwardly curved at 52 at its rear. This form, as will later more clearly appear, allows the mounting member to freely receive the leg-portion of a high shoe, as the last within the shoe is brought into engagement with the bed-plate. A considerable vertical portion or the member 42 is unbroken, giving the full strength of lthe metal to resist the pressure applied in the heeling operation; -but near its lower end it has a lateral slot 54 receiving an upward laterally extended projection 56 from a bedplate 58. From front to rear or the mounting member extends a groove or arcuate depression 60, in which nts the complementallylcurved surface 62 of the plate, these surfaces taking the thrust of the applied pressure of the machine, yet allowing the plate to tilt laterally. ,',Ilierprojection 56 holds the plate against displacement, having in it an arcuate slot 64 receiving the cylindrical end 66 of a screw 66 threaded horizontally produces no increase Vin the dimensions of the `member 42 from front to rear, and but slightly enlarges laterally this portion of the support. At the bottom of the bed-plate 58 is a plane surface 70 arranged for contact with the end of a cone of a last L within the shoe S. `From this surface depends a pin 72 to enter the last-opening 1 and position said work transversely of the plate. About the periphery of the bedplate is an inclined surface diverging upwardly andeutwardly from the surface 'l0 and forming a projection 74, this serving to hold the top of the jacked'shoe away from the upper extremity ofV the last-cone and thus prevent the top from being pinched between the last and the bed-plate.

In using the work-support of this invention, the operator, with thejack drawn forward from above the die-block and heel-holder, applies the lasted shoe S to the pin 72 upon the plate 58, the projection '74 holding the shoe-top away from the contactingsurfaces of the plate and lastcone, and the laterally reduced plate-mounting 42 receiving the upper extremity of the top within its contracted portion, without throwing any strain upon the work as the last is settled in place upon the pin. The jack-post is then swung into the nailing position appearing in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, and the shoe is correctly located by its engagement with the band-'clamp 17 with reference to the heel H, which has been inserted in the holder 14, and to the nail-passages in the die-block l2. Movement of the mounting slide 30 along the ways 40 of the member 42 enables the operator to carry the jack-post back against its stop after the rearward travel of the work, bed-plate and mounting means has been stopped by the band-clamp. Shifting the slide longitudinally of the ways 26 provides for the proper introduction of the work into the bandclarnp. The turning of the last about the pin 72 to correctly present the lasted shoe to the heel tends to throw the top of the last-cone out of registra- This condition the operator may correct by rotating the projectiony 28 of the slide 30 in the ways 26 to the necessary extent, or until no part of the contact-surface of the cone liesoutside the plate. Crushing and mutilation of the last'is thus avoided. The oscillation of the bed-plate 58 about the pivot 66 on the mounting member, upon the application of clamping pressure by the heeling machine, comi pensates for the lack of parallelism between the end of the last-cone and the general plane of `since the mounting elements of the smaller bedplates are interchangeable in the ways 26 of the post. The bed-plates of this invention may quickly be substituted for one another, together with their mounting members 38 and 42, by release of the single latch 34 manipulated directly from the operators position. This facilitates the employment of a plate of the size best suited for .the particular lasts in the slices being operated upon.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post, of a bed-plate arranged for contact with the cone of a last, a mounting member for the bed-plate arranged to extend therefrom through and outside a jacked lasted shoe, said member being smaller in its transverse dimension longitudinally of the jacked shoe than is the con- `.tact--area between the last-cone and bed-plate,

and a slide movable on the jack-post and carrying the mounting member.

jack-post, of a bed-plate arranged for ,contactl with the cone of a last, a mounting member for the bed-plate arranged to extend therefrom through a jacked lasted shoe, said member being smaller in its Ytransverse dimension longitudinally of the jacked shoe than is the contact-area between the last-cone and bed-plate, and a slide movable on the jack-post, the mounting member being movable upon the slide.

3. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post, of a bed-plate arranged for contact with the cone of a last, a mounting member for the bed-plate arranged to extend therefrom through and outside a jacked lasted shoe, a slide movable on the jack-post and carrying the mounting member, and pivotal connections between the bed-plate and mounting member.

4. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post, of a bed-plate arranged for contact with the cone of a last, a mounting member for the bed-plate arranged to extend therefrom through a jacked lasted shoe, and connections between the mounting member and jack-post arranged to permit said member to turn about an axis extending longitudinally of the jack-post.

5. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post, of ya bed-plate arranged for contactV with the cone of a last, a mounting member for the bed-plate arranged to extend therefrom through a jacked lasted shoe, and a slide movable on the jack-post and carrying the mounting member and being free to turn about an axis extending longitudinally of the jack-post.

6. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post, of a bed-plate arranged for contact with the cone of a last, a mounting member for the bed-plate arranged to extend therefrom through a jacked lasted shoe, a slide movable on the jack-post and carrying the mounting member and being free to turn about an axis extending longitudinally of the jack-post, and

pivotal connections between the bed-plate and mounting member.

'7. In a shoe-support, thecombination with a jack-post, of a bed-plate arranged for contact with the cone of a last, and a mounting member for the bed-plate arranged to extend therefrom through' a jacked shoe and supported upon the jack-post, said member being smaller in its transverse dimension longitudinally of the jacked shoe than is the contact-area between the last-cone and bed-plate and having a surface diverging outwardly from the cone of the last beyond the contact-area of the bed-plate.

8. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post, of a mounting member movable thereon, a pivot-pin carried by the mounting member, and a last-bed-plate arranged to tilt upon the pin and retained in place thereby upon the mounting member. t

9. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post, of a mounting member movable thereon, a screw threaded into the front of the mounting member and having a cylindrical inner end, and a last-bed-plate provided with a perforated lug pivoted upon the screw-end.

10. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post having ways, of a slide movable in said ways and being provided with ways, a

mounting member movable in the slide-ways, a last-bed-plate pivoted upon the mounting member, and a pivot-screw threaded through the front of the mounting member and entering the iast-bed-plate.

v11.` In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post vhaving ways, of a member movable longitudinally of the ways and arranged to turn therein about an axis extending longitudinally of the jack-post, and a last-bed-plate carried by the member.

l2. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post having ways, of a slide having a portion entering the ways and arranged to move longitudinally thereof and to turn therein, said slide being provided withways, a mounting member movable in the slide-ways, and a last-bedplate pivoted upon the mounting member.

13. In a shoe-support, the combination with a jack-post having ways extending laterally of the post, of a slide having a portion entering the ways kand arranged to move longitudinally thereof and to turn therein, said slide being provided with ways extending from front to rear of the 

